Magda von Dolcke (28 February 1838 in

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– 1926) was a Danish stage actress and the director of a travelling theatre company, active in Sweden.Lars Elgklou (1978). Bernadotte. Historien – eller historier – om en familj.. Stockholm: Askild & Kärnekull Förlag AB. She is known for her relationship with King

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. She debuted in Denmark under the name Rosalinde Thomsen. In 1860, she had a well known relationship with

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. In 1873–1874, she was a guest actor at the

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. At this point, she had a relationship with the king, during which the queen,

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, left for Germany, officially for her health. After 1874, she was active at

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and from 1876 at

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and

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admired her natural way of acting while

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called her a beautiful but talentless adventurer who was given a place at the royal theatre because of her affair with the monarch. From 1874, she toured the country with her own theatre company, where among others

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had his debut. She retired from the stage after her marriage to a factory owner Bosse in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolcke, Magda Von 1838 births Mistresses of Swedish royalty 1926 deaths 19th-century Danish actresses Danish stage actresses Danish theatre directors People from Aabenraa Municipality 19th-century theatre managers 19th-century Danish businesswomen